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  2. List of places in Yorkshire - Wikipedia

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    Calcutt, Calder Grove, Caldwell, Calverley, Camblesforth, Camerton, Campsall, Canklow, Carcroft, Carlecotes, Carleton, Carlton in Cleveland, Carlton (Richmondshire ...

  3. Yorkshire and the Humber - Wikipedia

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    Yorkshire in the past has been synonymous with coal mining. Many pits closed in the 1990s, with the last two that were open in the Pontefract area at Kellingley (closed on 18 December 2015) and Sharlston. In South Yorkshire, there was Maltby Main Colliery and Hatfield Colliery (closed in June 2015) at Stainforth. The NUM was very Yorkshire ...

  4. Yorkshire - Wikipedia

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    The area of the four ceremonial counties is administered by sixteen different local authorities, being nine metropolitan boroughs covering South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire and seven unitary authorities covering East Riding and North Yorkshire (one of which, Stockton-on-Tees, straddles the ceremonial boundary between North Yorkshire and County ...

  5. Portal:Yorkshire - Wikipedia

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    Yorkshire (/ ˈ j ɔːr k ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər / YORK-shər, -⁠sheer) is an area of Northern England which was historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the city of York.

  6. Vale of Pickering - Wikipedia

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    The Vale of Pickering is a low-lying flat area of land in North Yorkshire, England. It is drained by the River Derwent. The landscape is rural with scattered villages and small market towns. It has been inhabited continuously from the Mesolithic period. The present economy is largely agricultural with light industry and tourism playing an ...

  7. Mountains and hills of England - Wikipedia

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    The Yorkshire Three Peaks are some of the highest summits in the area, which became a national park in 1954. The Yorkshire Dales end at the Aire Gap, and a short distance to the south is a range of moorland that rises up between the urban cores of Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

  8. Yorkshire Dales - Wikipedia

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    The park authority estimates that this contributed £252 million to the economy and provided 3,583 full-time equivalent jobs. The wider Yorkshire Dales area received 9.7 million visitors who contributed £644 million to the economy. [30] A traditional pub with rooms to let in Hawes, in the Dales of North Yorkshire

  9. North York Moors - Wikipedia

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    The North York Moors is an upland area in north-eastern Yorkshire, England.It contains one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. The area was designated as a National Park in 1952, through the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.